Sturgeon Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2012. Grave slab. 1 related planning application.

Sturgeon Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
tangled-sentry-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury South MP: Christian Wakeford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 2012
Type
Grave slab
Address
Sturgeon Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, M25 1AN
OS grid reference
SD 810 036
Coordinates
53.52919, -2.28737
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sturgeon family grave slab, made of sandstone, is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. It features a double-line margin and a curved inscription in Gothic script at the top that reads "IN MEMORY OF." Below this, in broad plain capitals, the slab states "WILLIAM STURGEON/ THE ELECTRICIAN (italicised)/ BORN 1783: - DIED 1850/ AGED 67 YEARS." There are additional inscriptions below for Mary Sturgeon, his widow (died 1867), and for Luke Brierley of Manchester (1822-1900) and his wife Ellen (died 1884), who was the Sturgeons' adopted daughter.

Local climate

Sturgeon Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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